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This summer, Elizabeth Weingast '18, a finalist in the 2016 Stu Lieblein '90 Pitch Contest, will begin working for J.P. Morgan as an investment banking analyst.

Having won both the snowboard slalom and the giant slalom at the Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association (USCSA) National Championship, Myles Silverman ’19 is set to compete in the World University Games in Krasnoyarsk, Russia in 2019. This summer, Silverman is interning for Merrill Lynch while he continues to train, aiming to qualify for a seat on the U.S. Olympic Team for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China.

Hilda Agyekum ’18 will work in Rochester, N.Y., as a member of AmeriCorps' Youth Corps.

Cashel McCarthy '18 will travel to Mongolia as a Public Health Volunteer with the Peace Corps.

Joining the Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic this fall, Carl Weiss ’17 will assist school officials, volunteers and project partners in improving classroom curriculum and student reading skills as a Spanish literacy promoter.

Tamira Jackson-Lofton ’19 will launch her career in digital media through an internship with the Emmy-winning comedy entertainment company Funny Or Die. Jackson-Lofton secured the position after a three-day networking session in Los Angeles, Calif.

Emily Robinson '18 and Bingqing Zhou '18 have been inducted into the Japanese National Honor Society - College Chapter (JNHS-CC), which recognizes academic excellence in the study of the Japanese language.​

A recipient of the prestigious U.S. Fulbright Student Award, Lauren St. Peter ’18 will travel to Taiwan this summer to begin her one-year tenure as an English Teaching Assistant on behalf of the U.S. Department of State.

Hobart Assistant Dean David Mapstone ’93, P’21 thanks graduating seniors after being inducted as an Honorary member of the Hobart Class of 2018.

An aerial view of the Hobart Launch celebration.

Beauchamp Zirnkilton ’18 and Andrew Seski ’18 dip their oars in Seneca Lake, a celebrated tradition of Hobart’s heritage expressing the promise of a reciprocal lifelong bond between graduates and their alma mater.

Robert S. Pisanelli ’00, the founder and principal of U.S. Realty Capital, addresses the senior class. “As you go out into the real world, know that Hobart and the connections you have made here are never far away, and use these connections to move through life. Continue to do all you can to make Hobart great and share how you feel about this special place.”

A tradition inspired by William Smith’s founder, seniors break ground during a tree planting on William Smith Hill.

Members of the Druid honor society lead the Hobart College Class of 2018 down the hill to Bozzuto Boathouse for the Hobart Launch.

Members of the Hobart Class of 2018 are welcomed by alumni at the Bozzuto Boathouse.

As a symbol of their time at HWS, James Fleming ’18 and George Pye ’18 are presented with replicas of the paddle used by legendary Seneca warrior Agayentah.